Terrorists in America

Years ago I met a remarkable man from Lebanon. He grew up in Beirut with Arab youth. He spoke Arabic. He eventually became a pastor, and he had a stern warning for the West. Jihad is an obligation, and Jihad is coming to the West. He told me 30 years ago terrorist attacks would escalate. He tried to warn the State Department. No one would listen, that is, until 9/11.

He foretold the infiltration of America, noting that Hezbollah fighters years ago were marrying American hookers to acquire citizenship, take up residence, and plan. We have Jihadist sleepers in great numbers throughout the U.S.

The Fort Hood shooter should have been a wakeup call to the snoozers seduced by political correctness.

Today there are about 3 million Muslims in America, and by far, most are peace-loving citizens, but according to my friend from Lebanon, and the polling data, a substantial number are sympathetic to Jihad, and remain under an obligation to cooperate with Jihad. According to reliable studies, about 10% of the Muslim population worldwide is radicalized. (Some argue they are not radicalized at all, only fundamentalists, ones who insist they practice pure Islam.) This means there are now about 300,000 Muslims in America poised to participate in acts of violent terrorism, ordinarily characterized by mass killing.

FBI sources and intelligence operatives have known for years there have been significant movements of Syrians, Somalis and others into our country, and many of these men have traveled to Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere for training, returning to America to await orders.

Today, many of these fighters join others from around the world, swelling the ranks of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Add the increasing numbers of terrorists within, the proliferation of mosques and homegrown radicalization, and the establishment of training cells here in America, and you have a recipe for disaster: serial attacks in various places perpetrated by infiltrators.

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Allan Erickson, author of "The Cross & the Constitution," enjoyed an eleven-year career in radio, television and print journalism as a reporter, talk show host, and operations manager. He then turned to sales and marketing for 10 years. Ten years ago he started his own training and recruitment company in the Pacific Northwest. Allan and wife Jodi have four children, the oldest a U.S. Marine.